The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 30, 1917, Page 8

- Missouri State Fair Sedalia, September 22 to 29 UNCLE SAM’S GREAT ALLY— THE MID-WEST’S GREATEST EXPOSITION Every Patriotic Phase Featured — War Visualized—Patriotism Promoted A GREAT INSPIRATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL FAIR « Best Amusement and Entertainment Acts of America Offered Daily Aviation, Automobile Great Livestock Show ment Displays. and Horse Racing, , Huge Farm Imple- The best that Missouri’s War Crop has developed will. be seen at Missouri’s Great State Fair. An Autum- nal Animation. September 22 to 29. ni fe Fair Mount News. C. M. Rapp had the misfortune to lose a valuable horse one day last week. Mrs, Frank Fix and son, Jennings, | and daughter, May, motored to Drex- el Saturday to visit relatives. They returned Sunday. John Yoss and family entertained some of their. relatives at dinner| Sunday. The party at Lewis Fleischers Sun- day night was well attended as a very large crowd was present. The music of the violin and guitar played by Paul Fleischersand the Hornbuck- le boys was splendid and was -en- joyed by everybody. Some of Joe Fleischer’s friends and relatives spent a very enjoyable even- ing with them Sunday. ~ John Yoss is the proud possessor of a fine new car which he bought last week. Ed Montgomery and wife called at the home of her parents, Frank Fix, and family last Wednesday night. Fred Schmidt made a business trip to Schell City last Wednesday. t Mrs. Lewis Fleischer and Mrs, | hi Julius Wendlan spent last Wednes- | day afternoon with Mrs. C. M. Rapp. Nick Rapp set up a big ‘water- melon to all his thresher customers | last Saturday night. i la! Mrs. Jobn Stoll and children called at the C. M. Rapp home Saturday af- ternoon, j Joe Fleischer is walking arounud now with a big smile on his face on account of the fine baby boy which arrived at his home Monday. Wilbert Schmidt was visiting rela- tives at Schell City and Taberville last week. Bill Collinsworth and family mo- tored through from Oklahoma to vis- er: hi tu $2. fa in wi his entire stock-of merchandise. ’; will devote his time to his dairy farm| we don't know. and cheese factory. . Homer this community are sorry to see Mr. | Saturday for Smithville where they and Mrs. store as they were nice people to|8tandparents. deal with. ing water for machine the past two months tives and friends. present. soon. ight and enjoyed a watermelon ast. Fleischer Brothers remembered with a treat all their thresher custom- s Friday night. Crist Yoss and family from Apple- ton City spent the day Sunday with] in Butler visiting relatives. s brother, John, and family. Bill Collinsworth and family spent last Friday with Crist Fox and wife. G. W. Sunderwirth has closed out He The people of Sunderwirth close their Edwin Brauner who has been haul- Fleischer’s threshing re- tned to his home in Walnut, Kan- s, Monday. Mr. and Mrs, Frank Rapp gave a rewell party Thursday night in honor of their nephew, Dave Bracher, from St. Louis, who has been work- gz for them and also visiting rela- A large crowd was They sure all hated to see m go as he is such a jolly young man. They all wish to see him again | ited her sister, Mrs. Wick Ray, Mon- He left Saturday. Mesdames Clark Smith and Albert Yoss who went to Edwardsville, Ill. st week Monday to attend the fun- | eral of their granddaughter, returned | Charles Henry Monday. home Sunday. PRISCILLA. W. C. T. U. County Convention. The Bates county convention of the W. C. T. U. was held at Virginia Wednesday and Thursday, August 22 and’ 23. instructive meeting and much good It was an interesting and ork was reported as having been it old friends as he lived in this vi-| done. Mrs. Lettie Hill May, of St. cinity when a boy. ie, Mesdames Julius Wendlan, from Coffeyville, Kansas, and Mr. John Marquardt called at the home of Nick Rapp and family Thursday morning and took dinner with them, and they called at the home of Mar- tin Rapp in the afternoon and took supper with them. Mrs. Wendlan re- turned home Friday. Taberville Saturday. ty sent to our soldiers and sailors, bag contained three kinds of thread, buttons, safety pins, scissors, cotton, court plaster, a W. C. T. U. pledge card. The boys John Stoll made a business trip to|have the privilege of signing these|week with her ouis, a state worker, was present and gave the ladies of the Bates coun- organization some good advice on |" how to do their work. 128 comfort bags were made and Each testament and a cards and returning them to the send- A number of the neighbors called|ers of to the state secretary of the at the home of John Yoss Thursday | order. : °.5'WHEN YOU WANT TO SWAT. THE HIGH.CosT oF ss “LIVING, DON'T FORGET THAT | versions “$a FAIR PRICE FOR WHE “Don't Let 'Em Bluff You,” Wi Farmer to Governor Capper. Topeka, Aug. 24.—Farmers near Sylvia who want the government to fix the price of wheat at $3 pér bushel, claiming that they cannot. produce it at a profit at $2 per bush. el, are not looked upon as especially patriotic by those trying to raise the arroll, Orville -and ’ spent Sunday afternoon’ with M Mrs. L. A. Deems. ms Te tae ee ‘day afternoon with Mr, and~ Mra. ‘Johnnie Deems, eat : a Mr. and Mrs, Jerry Burch called on the former's mother, Mrs: Burch, Sunday. Ps te Mr. and. Mrs. A.’ G, Deems,. Mr. a land Mrs, Clarence Baker spent’ Sun- | | ommittee today. and. made to report it next Tuesday for immediate ic army. They are accused of being wheat hogs. In view of the clamor for $3 wheat the following telegram from a west- ern Kansas man sounds refreshing: “I was raised on a farm. Have been raising wheat for the last twen- ty years; $2 per bushel for No. 2 hard wheat at the country elevators is a fair price to producer and con- sumer. Present cry for higher price is instigated and fostered by food speculators who bought large stores at higher price, expecting to extort enormous profits. As usual, farmers are playing into their hands. A big crop will be sowed on a $2 basis.” This message was received by Governor Capper and he was urged not to be bluffed by the Sylvia farm- ers into boosting for $3 wheat. Herrell Happenings. Miss Ida Misner, from Greenwood, is visiting this week at the Wayland home. Mrs. Eva Doubenmeir came down from Independence to visit with old friends and to look after her farm. She will be in the neighborhood about a week. f Mr. Ira T, Jones, from Mound City, Kansas, motored to Butler Friday evening to spend the night with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Jones. He returned home Saturday. Mrs, Geo. McCallister was called to Nebraska Saturday by the illness of her mother. She took the two children, George and Beulah, with her. Miss Helen Clark visited Saturday and Sunday with relatives in Rich Hill. The meetings at Black were a great success. There were nineteen con- Mrs. Geo. Palm of Oklahoma, is here visiting her daughter, Mrs, Roy C. Jones. She says the corn there looks even better than here. Misses Dora and Don Seelinger and Salina Newlon spent Thursday afternoon with Ruth and Lela Way- land. Miss Mable Card spent last week Mr. Joe Clark and family, Mr. Wick Ray, Lela, Kathleen and Hen- ry Wayland and Veva_ Ellington went fishing down on the river Fri- day. Why they didn’t catch any fish left Calvin and Homer Strange will spend a week visiting with their Clyde White called on Harry Jones Sunday afternoon. Miss Ruth Eaton left Saturday for her home in Iowa after a week's vis- it with her sister, Mrs. Geo. Hertz. Mrs. John Strange’s sister and two children from Smithville were here visiting last week, Little Melvin Ison has been quite} sick this week. Mr. and Mrs. Geo.. Hertz and son, Harold, spent Sunday evening with Mr. Jake Baum and family. Miss Emma Brown of Butler yvis- day. Mrs, Ray was quite sick the first of the week but is much better now. Charley for LaFollett threshed Mr. U. S. Ison and Mrs. Walter Taylor spent Thursday evening at the Wayland home. They enjoyed themselves eating watermelons. Misses Salina Newlon, Don See- linger, Ruth and Lela Wayland, Ida Misner and Carlie Howard attended a bunk party at the Hendrix home Monday evening. Mr. Frank Clark, from St. Louis, is here visiting his brother, Joe Clark this week. { WILLIE, ‘ er ee Brackney Items. We have been having some. warm weather the past week. Misses Gladys and Joyce Ghere| called on Mrs. Elbert Padley one evening last week. Cecil Deems spent a few days last cousin, Miss Nancy Deems. . Mrs. W. H. Ison returned home from Kansas City last Thursday af- ter a week's stay. Miss Mary Deems spent and Saturday with Mrs. Baker. Friday Clarence Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Pry, Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Travers and Mrs. C. A. Deems motored to Nevada one day last week. i —and-MrsAndrews_ entertained ‘Mr. and Mrs. Milo’ Stoffer . Sunday evening. xm * | Mr. Harold Carroll spent Sunday with Mr, and Mrs. Ghere and family. Miss Ethel Miller is real poorly at this writing, . JACK ‘and JILL, + Peru Items. Pa We have been having some delight - ful weather. e The women are busy canning fruit and drying corn, Rev. Hilliard has just closed a suc- cessful meeting at the Black school house. Sixteen were baptized Sun- day evening, twelve by immersion and four by sprinkling. r Mrs. F. L, Blankenbaker -has_ re- ceived the announcement of the mar- riage of her brother, C. A, Laccoarce, of Lewiston, Idaho, to Mrs. Clara Hall, of. that place. Work was begun Monday morning on a cistern at the Peru school house, Mr. and Mrs. Arch Thomas have returned after a few weeks visit in Buffalo, New York. Mrs. Stella Harper and children Teit Tuesday for -North | Missouri, where she expects. to spend some time in the home of her brother. The Sunday school convention at the Star church was not well attend- ed on account of the rain and some went to the baptizing. Winnie Walters of Butler is visit- ing in this community. 'L. H. Evilsizer and family have re- turned from Lamar where they had been visiting Mr. and Mrs. McCrae. Mrs. Maggie Thomas, Mrs. Geo. Daniels, Mrs..L. G. Thomas, Mrs. Geo. Chaney, Mrs. Tom Booth, Mrs. F. L. Blankenbaker, Misses Ethel and .| Marguerite Thomas, and Miss Fae Blankenbaker attended the county convention of the W. C. T. U. at Virginia on Wednesday and Thurs- day of last week. The state record- ing secretary, Miss Lettie Hill May, was a great help at each session. BILLIE AND SUSIE. Double Branch Pick-Ups. We have had another shower and it is much cooler at this” writing. -Mrs. Abbie Crawley and childten are visiting with Miss Sallie Requa and brothers. ; Mr. and’ Mrs. Homer Jenkins and fathily and Mrs.’ Belle Walters have retit#hed from a visit with Charles Walters ‘near Harwood. - ' J.C. Nafus, of ‘Butler, visited. rela- tives in this vicinity last week, Mr. Scott Haggins and wife, Elva King and -wife, Elmer Teasley and family, Bert Mitchell, who have been visiting the last week with friends and relatives here returned t> their homes near Grant City, Mo. Mrs. Job Utley, Cora Bentley, Arthur Padley went with them as far as Kansas City. | Homer Jenkins is digging a cistern at the Peru school house. The farmers are busy~- working down their wheat ground. About 42 went fishing last Friday. They, did not catch many fish but reportia jolly time The W. C, T. U. will meet at Mrs. Geo, Jobe’s Aug. 30. They are doing some work for the soldiers and sail- ors. They would appreciate your help. x Mrs. Wm. Griffin, Henry Walters, Wes Hall, Ira Hart, Cora Bentley motored ‘irginia to the W. C. T. U. Convention last Wednesday. F, L. Nafus and family are ing with. his mother, Mrs. Nafus, near Papinsville. GYP. Mules Failed, Truck Pulls President “Out of Hole.” Baltimore, Md., Aug. 24.—Presi- deft and Mrs, Wilson had: an un- pleasant: experience a few days .ago while motoring on the Belair road. Actompanied by Secret Service men; they -were enjoying the trip when, ia turning, their limosine backed off the highway into a mire. covered | with grass, into which the wheels of the machine sank almost out of sight. The chauffeur and Secret Service meif-called’a.farmer with a mule} ~ teant; ‘but the mules--were unable budge the car. Afterward a Balti came Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Deems and son, be Mr. Paul Walton and. children t ij called on Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Deems Saturday night. ~ Miss Gladys Miller spent the past week with her_cousins, Misses Rosa and Fae Carroll: ‘ Mr. Ernest Deems and Mr. Allen Starr left for Kansas City Friday night. The rainy weather Sunday knocked & gdod many people ‘out. of a trip to lon. Vigorous attacks on the “measure are expected from two sources, in- surance company, interests who op- pose the optional feature and. those’ who want no interference with the existing pension system. Debate may be prolonged several days by the opposition, although ultimate passage by the. House in virtually its present form is expected by leaders. ‘ Indorsement was given by Miss Julia Lathrop, head of the — federa' children’s bureau, ’ f The war insurance measure would have no effect on pensions now being paid, Secretary McAdoo explained to- day. 4 Storing Potatoes. It is evident that farmers respond- ed to the demand for an increase in the potato acreage last ‘spring, for the United States Department of Ag- riculture estimates that this” year's crop will amount to 452,000,000 bushels as comparéd with 285,000,009 last year, indicating an increase of 58 per cent. This ought to go a long ways toward making it possible for everybody to eat potatoes again. After a big crop has been produced the next important thing is to find ways and means of stoping it, and of keeping losses from decay down to a minimum, It is not difficult ‘to store ‘potatoes, provided diseased tubers are not mixed with the healthy stock. Those carrying disease not only rot in a comparatively short time but they also transmit the disease to’ ad- joining tubers thus infecting the whole lot. In view of this it is of ut- most impoftance to as neatly as pos- sible eliminate all diseased tubers from those to be stored. Tubers hav- ing bruised skins should also be dis- carded. c In regard to storing potatoes in pits W. H. Lawrence, of the Univer- sity of Missouri, sends the following directions: < Select a high place in the field yhich will afford surface drainage of ainfall. - If possible, locate the pit near a tree or other shelter where it will be shaded during the hot hours of the day. Scoop out several inches of soil, down.to solid earth, from 19 aréa large enough to receive the po- tatoes, Add -a layer of " potatoes about one foot deep each day, préfer- ably during early. morning when the tempetature of the tubers” low. Keep the pit covered from day to day with a tarpaulin or, blanket to ex- clude dew or ‘rain, _The potatoes should not be piled. more than four to six feet high. -When the pit is finished it shouuld be. covered with a layer of straw: deep enough to ex- clude light and heat. Weight the, straw with boards to. prevent the wind from blowing it away. An opening should be left at the top to provide. ventilation. and to permit the escape of excess moisture and heat from: the pile of. potatoes. It is also advisable to cover the pit with a tem- porary shed that will turn rain. If the logation is such that surface wat- er will not drain away readily; dig a shallow ditch around the pit to pro- vide an outlet so that the water which ‘runs into it can escape. The pit must be covered with earth before freezing weather. About twelve inches of soil will be neces- sary to protect the potatoes. This soil should be:-placed on top of the straw.—Farmer and Stockman. — ~ Sell Groceries. One of the World’s Largest Whole- sale.Grocers (capital -over $1,000,- 000.00) wants ambitious men in ev- ery locality ‘to sell direct to consum- er nationally known brand of gro- » teas, coffees,” spices, paints, stock foods, etc. Big line. sy Sales... Values beat any compe- tition, Earn big money: No ‘ex- perience or capital required. Com- plete sample outfit and, free selling instructions start~you. Long: estab-, lished reliable house—ask your bank- er. Write today. John — Sexton & Co., Lake & Franklin Sts, Chicagd, ill. ee ED | After-3 months of ‘sticktoitive- “ness T am now able to. give the | People of Butler and vicinity the productions of three of ‘the beet and fargest companies’ making features in the world. : ———————ee—e—e————————— MONDAY AND THURSDAY Pathe Gold Rooster, Plays “ TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY Metro Plays; Featuring Popular - Plays and Players. “FRIDA®: AND SATURDAY Blue Bitd Photo Pays : Acknowledged as well as recog- nized the most perfect plays pro- duced. You can only see these wonder- | ful features. at The Old Reliable ELECTRIC every day matinee and night. WE NEED YOUR PATRONAGE Admission 5 and 10 cents. ENGLAND LIKED THE SAMPLE But American Soldiers Were Expect- ed to Wear Cowboy Trappings. A Canadian officer writes from London in describing some American officers whom. he had met at-his club that “the sample is O. K.” He adds the interesting information that Lon- don is disappointed in the American Mbecause .they aren’t tricked out in cowboy style. i ‘4 The English public, which.sees the same movies as we do, has pictured the American fighting man as @ crea- ture swathed in leather and calico, bandana, sombrero and all, and puf- fing, rakishly at. the “makings.” A trim young man in the neatest uni- form in the world was something of a shock—Boston Journal. —$<—_~—— Farmers Attention. Wheat campaign for. Bates County: The need of a bumper crop of wheat in the state of Missouri. for i918 is very uurgent at the present . time as our_ export ‘of wheat to the . Allies is. about four times its normal volume, as, wheat'is one of the most necessary needs ‘of the warring coun- tries. " : i In the face of the fact that. the sup- ply of wheat on hands is very inade- quate and that the government has guaranteed a minimum price of two dollars per bushel for the coming crop it surely behooves the farmer to put forth an extraordinary effort to produce a bumper crop of wheat the coming year. © ~ Under the provisions of recently enacted legislation the Agricultural Extension Service in Co-operation with the County Council of Defense and Farm Bureau Board has arranged to-put-on-a wheat campaign in Bates county, This campaign will consist of a series of meetings scattered over the county ih puch @ manner that they will be most accessible to the farm- ers, At these meetings there will be a representative of the College of Ag- riculture whose sole duty will be to talk Wheat, giving the most ap- proved methods of seedbed prepara- tion, daté and depth of seeding, use of fertilizers, Hessian and smut control methods, etc. He will also be able to give information as to where the farmers may. secure good, cleat seed wheat which is best adapted to this county. The dates and places of these meetings are as follows:— _ Adrian, Monday, Sept. 3, 2:00 p. m., Batler, T: Weiley Des 1». si Slate ApSolhs Romane. J man. je